By Wesley J. Smith. I have long believed and argued that stem cell research is merely the opening stanza of a longer planned biotechnological symphony. What “the scientists” are really after is a reliable way to

By Wesley J. Smith Now that human cloning is upon us, look for many scientists and their camp followers (or ignorant reporters) to mislead about what the technology entails. Human SCNT [somatic cell nuclear transfer] creates human

The following statement was issued by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in response to publication today in the online journal Cell of a paper in which scientists at Oregon Health & Science University reported use

By Scott Fischbach, executive director, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life We live in such a loud and noisy world that sometimes the news that is most important gets lost. In recent weeks some major developments have been

WASHINGTON (September 16, 2011) – A ban on the issuing of U.S. patents on human embryos was enacted into law today – the culmination of an eight-year effort in which National Right to Life played a key

By Dave Andrusko The state of Minnesota is in the midst of a bruising standoff between pro-abortion Gov. Mark Dayton (D) and the pro-life Republican House and Senate over a new budget. A casualty, hopefully only temporary,

Pro-lifers sought to prevent manufacture, destruction of life for experiments ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed legislation that would have prevented the cloning of human embryos in Minnesota, and the funding of such experiments. Both

Editor’s note. This first appeared on the blog of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life at http://prolifemn.blogspot.com/2011/05/cloning-is-cloning-is-cloning.html Two recent articles on the MCCL-backed human cloning ban legislation are refreshing for their honesty. The first is by Justin Kinney.